Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS370 - Blue Bay The Wall & The Garden
16 February, 2019
- Team Leader
- PADI Master Instructor Ivana 356300
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 41 kgs (measured)
12.134409, -68.985034
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS370 - Blue Bay The Wall & The Garden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Bay Dive Curacao
- City
- Curacao
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 16 February, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 44 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.134409
Longitude: -68.985034
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–29 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 14 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 50 |
| Fishing: Line | 320 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 8 |
| Plastic Fragments | 37 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 3 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 3 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 26 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 7 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Spark Plug |
| 1 | Golf Ball |
Additional Information
Fishing Line: local fishermen Plastic: resorts, tourist, local culture to throw rubbish on the ground, no proper bins with covers, ect.
Sparkplug: Local Fishermen use it instead of a fishing sinker, they are free so they leave them in the water with lost of fishing line if the line gets caught in the coral
fishing line
plastic cups
plastic bottles
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